My name, 曉安 (xiǎo-ān), means “the dawn is peaceful” or “peaceful dawn”. This is the Chinese name that my parents gave me, but it’s not on any official paperwork. Being proud immigrants, they put an American name on my birth certificate.
Basic facts:
- I was born in Los Angeles to Taiwanese immigrants. The plan was for my dad to finish grad school and move back to Taiwan, but once my mom got here, she refused to leave.
- I have a brother, Bennett, who is a musician.
- I have another brother, Chris, who is severely autistic.
- I am married to AJ, who loves fast vehicles. We have a sports car and a 4-seater airplane. He is a licensed pilot and works in the aviation industry.
- I am the mother of two funny and adorable boys, Gege and Didi. We adopted Gege from Taiwan when he was 7 months old. While in Taiwan we discovered I was pregnant, and Didi arrived 8 months later.
- I work full time and have been in the IT industry for the last 10+ years. I work from home and I love my current job.
Want to know more? See my 25 things.
The name of this blog comes from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham. In Chapter II, he wrote that “the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from the burden of his thought; and, indifferent to aught else, care nothing for praise or censure, failure or success.”
This struck me as I am often burdened by my thoughts and cannot rest until I have written it down. I am not sure I can be “indifferent to aught else” though.
I used to have a blog in which I called myself “June”. I imported a bunch of posts from that old blog to here. So there might be comments by or references to June on this blog. That was me.
To protect my family’s privacy, all names and some identifying characteristics will be changed. If you want to contact me privately, please email me at burdenofthought at gmail dot com.
